Salaries / Home Health Aide
Healthcare · SOC 31-1121
Home Health Aide salary
Home health and personal care aides help clients with daily living in their own homes, one of the fastest-growing occupations in the country.
Median annual
$34,000
Median hourly
$16.40
Typical range
$26,000 to $43,000
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
Your skills are a business
Ideas we have for people in healthcare.
The same experience that earns a paycheck as a home health aide can start a business. Here are real ideas from our marketplace that fit this field.
Non-Medical Senior Companion Care
Provide the non-medical help older adults need to stay independent: company, light housekeeping, meal help, reminders, and a friendly presence, so families get peace of mind without a nursing agency.
Start a Home Health Care Agency
Build a licensed agency that sends nurses, CNAs, and caregivers into clients' homes, billing private pay, insurance, or Medicaid for every hour of care.
Start a Non-Medical Senior Care Business
Companionship, errands, meals, and rides for aging adults. One of the fastest-growing demands in the country.
Start a Caregiver and Nanny Placement Agency
Screen and place caregivers and nannies with families and senior living facilities, earning placement fees of one to several thousand dollars each.
You could hire home health aides, not just be one.
We have a staffing calculator to price the work and a full course on how to start a staffing agency, so you can turn a field you already know into a business that puts other people to work.